Meaning of retreatful | Babel Free

Definitions

Furnishing or serving as a retreat.

not-comparable, rare

Examples

“Enabling vs to leape ashore for food, / And hide⟳ vs strait in our retreatfull flood⟳”

“If ever there were a time when farmers were called from the slumbers of their fire sides, and from the honourable and retreatful occupations in the field, to the discussion of their grievances, it is now!”

“The sand and air under the boardwalk was cool and clammy, and there were smells of sea things and picnic garbage. But it was dark and, abruptly, retreatful for Elaine […]”

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